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' l. R. PHlPPs.

CHECK ROW ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 4. 191s.

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l. R. PHIPPS. CHECK ROW ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4. i918.

Patented July 22, 1919.

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l. R. PHIPPS.

CHECK ROW ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4. i918.

Patented July 22, 1919.

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To all whom it concern: Y,

' Be it known that I, I [RA PHIPPs,1a citi-V zen Aof the United States, residing at Mattoon,'in thelcounty of Coles and VState of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements inv V(.lheclr-Row Attachy ments for Planters, of`which'the following Y a specilication.

VThis invention relates to attachments for corn planters, more particularly to the class of check row planters, and 'has for 'one ofits objects to provide anfatt'achment operative from the traction membersof the planter' and adapted to actuate the tripping, mechanism of the seed dropper which is usually operated bythe check row wires', thus d is-.

Y pensing with cumbersomecheck wires.

l `Another object of the invention is to pro-` vide a device of this 'character wherebythe distances between the hillsare uniformly and accurately spaced both'longitudinally and transversely ofthe field; f

With these and other objects inview, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and'inthe drawings illustrative` of the tion;` Y

Figure 1 isa side elevatibn'of a portion of a corn preferred embodiment of the inven#V The ordinary cheQkfrow-Cor planter geh;

erally includes a trippingglever adapted to Y be` actuated at A.predetermined intervals in thetravel of themachine by enlargements on a check wire stretchedA across the field but the checlrwiresare troublesomeand require changing at the endof each row.

The present invention dispenses with the check'wire and ac'tuatesthe tripA device byl asim le mechanism attached to the framewor of the planter at any convenient point between the seed boxes and the planter shoes and including appliances adapted to engage the tripping lever of the seed dropper and actuate the vsame substantially in the same manner as when the check row wires are used.

- The improved device comprises an upper supporting frame 10, preferably oblong, and having depending hangers 11 includingplanter with the' improvement applied,1:-l` `Fig.` 2 .is a front elevation of theparts` aplan view'fof theparts shownV e Y 1n spaced relation,

A Specification of Letters Patent. Patenitd July 22, 1919, i Application inea october 4,1918.` semaine. 256,829.

main side members attached at their upper ends at 12 to the frame 10 and converging downwardly. At their meeting point, said members are united by a bolt or other fastening 13, their extremities being bent laterally as shown at 14 and 15 to engage over one of the frame members 16of theseed box and dropper mechanism support. The portionsv 14 `and 15 ofthe hangers are clamped in position .on the member 16 by bolts 17 or other suitable fastening devices. Generally two of the hanger devices will be employed, as shown in Fig. 2, at opposite sides of the frame 10 which is consequently rigidly supported. f

vDepending from the frame 10, between the sides of the hangers 11, are other hangers, one Aof which is shown in Fig. 1. Each of the last-mentioned hangers is preferably formed from a single piece bent into U- shape'whereby parallel sides 18 `areproduced, theterminals of which are united to the frame r10 by rivets or other suitable fasteningj devices.' Disposed between the 'parallel sides of each of the hangers 18 is members'19of the'shafthangers are each `plurality of perforations, and Vadapted to receive provided with a holding bolts or like'fastening devices 24E so that thehangersflQ and the shaft 22 are adapted to be adjustedvertically ,within the range of the apertures for the bolts 24;

\ The axle of the planter is represented at I i 25 and'carries the usual combined'traction and coveringrwheels 26. Attached to the axle 25 externally of one of the wheels 26 isa chainiwheel27, and connected to the` shaft 22 is another chain wheel 28, a drive chain, represented at 29, engaging over the chain wheels 27 and 28 whereby the motion of the axle 25 is imparted to the shaft 22. A clutch device, represented as a whole at 30, isassociated with the shaft 22 and operated by a lever 31 pivoted at 32 to the frame 10, to enable the motion to the shaft 22 to be controlled and stopped or started as required. The lever 31 is provided with a handle 33 convenient to the operator.

Secured rigidly to one pai'r of the hanger members 11 is a dial device 34 having two sets of graduations, an outer'setindicat/ed at 35 and an inner set indicated at 36. Keyed to the shaft 22 is a hub 37 having a finger or pointer 38 arranged to play over the dial. y

The opera-ting shaft for the seed dropper mechanism is represented at 40 and the tripper lever which `is usuallyv arranged to he operated by the check wire is represented at 41, and coupled in the usual manner to the shaft 40. Keyed upon the shaft 22 is a hub 43 having a trip arm 44 extending ra-` dially therefrom and provided Iat i-ts Aend with a lateral offset 45 extending .into the path ofthe lever 41. It will be obvious that when the clutch is closed, the shaft 22 will =be rotated and the offsets 45 will actuate the lever 41 twice at each rotation of the shaft.l The arms 44 thusv perform the same function as the stops or projections on the check row wire. f

The trip 44 and the pointer 38 are 4liXed to the shaft 22 and occupy the same-position relative to each other at all times. Between the trip and the pointer, a ratchetA 'wheel the ratchet wheel, said lever, carrying a pawl- 48 to engage the ratchet wheel. The graduations upon the dial, it will beiread-n ily noted, extend in opposite directions from the starting point ornormal position of. rest which may be numbered 1 as shown, OrO 4if preferred.

The machine may, of course, loe equipped with Aa marker which will dene theposiltion of a succeeding row as4 one row is loe;`

' ing planted in the well-known Inan'neijV A When the machine has reachedthe side of the field andis to he turned`,`thefcluteh 30 i isopened so that the rotation of thelshaft 22 will cease and the position of tliepointen relativeto the inner circlefof graduatic'ns; Vwill indicate. the distancethe inachineftrav-,

eled after dropping the last 'hill'of seeds and, of course, y in order to properly yaline therewith the ilSt hillin'the row about to hestarted. Aften Copies of this patent may be obtained fe theI distance to be traveledV` bring thepointer over 5 in the outer circle.

The clutch vis then thrown in and the ma- V chine drivenV along the row t0 be planted.

Y The improved device -may loe readily adapted without material structural change to check row corn planters of various forms i and sizes, and without structural-change of the planter. The improved device',1as"before stated, utilizes the trip lever 41 already. in use upon the planter. A

Having thus descriloed thev invention, what is claimed as new is 1. The Acombination with. a planter in-V cluding a rockingseed dropper'shaft, Aand anarm extending radially therefrom, of a drive sha-ft, afdisk having outer fand; innergraduations concentricwith"saidushaft, a pointer on said shaft movable; over" said graduations, an arm `extending from` the shaft into thepathof the arm on the` rocking seed dropper shaft Vand iii fixed-,relation tothepointenand means` for operatively V connecting the said shaft with the'f'tr'action' mechanism of the planter. Y Y

2. An attachmentfor planters comprising a supporting frame, hangers depending from said frame, means for securing said framerto the planter frame, shaft hearings movable .vertically inV said hangers,`rneans mountedv on the `supportingframeiforf adr justing said bearings in said hangers, a shaft supported in said hearings, "a .dial -concen- 95 rive cents each,ribyahddressiiig 'chel Commissioner ofrPatenta- :1 'Washingtom ILC. Y v Y 

